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Diana Travis oral history interview, 2017 February 27
Title
Diana Travis oral history interview, 2017 February 27
Creator
Travis, Diana, 1947-
Date Created
2017-02-27
Subjects--Topical
Discrimination, Feminism, Gay community, Gay pride parades, LGBTQ+ culture, Homophobia, Lesbians, Lesbian community, Segregation
Description
Diana Travis discusses her life and activism as a lesbian living in Boston, Massachusetts and Charlotte, North Carolina. She describes her formative years in Charlotte, where her father, Gus Travis, was a popular columnist for the Charlotte Observ...
Kimberly Melton oral history interview, 2017 February 9
Title
Kimberly Melton oral history interview, 2017 February 9
Creator
Melton, Kimberly A., (Kimberly Ann)
Date Created
2017-02-09
Subjects--Topical
Women--Religious life, Bisexual women, Lesbian community, AIDS (Disease), Lesbians, Women--Political activity
Description
Kimberly Melton discusses her thirty years as an LGBTQ activist in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ms. Melton was raised under Catholicism until the age of thirteen--a year in her life she attributes with great importance. While attending junior high s...
Sue Henry oral history interview 1, 2016 July 30
Title
Sue Henry oral history interview 1, 2016 July 30
Creator
Henry, Sue L.
Date Created
2018-02-14
Subjects--Topical
Feminism, Gay activists, Gay liberation movement, Gay pride celebrations, Lesbians, Lesbian community, Women in community organization, Political campaigns
Description
In this interview Sue Henry, owner of Rising Moon Books & Beyond bookstore in Charlotte between 1991 to 1997, the first out lesbian to run for Mayor of Charlotte in 1995, and an active member of several political and social LGBTQ organizations, di...
Sue Henry oral history interview 2, 2016 August 19
Title
Sue Henry oral history interview 2, 2016 August 19
Creator
Henry, Sue L.
Date Created
2016-08-16
Subjects--Topical
Feminism, Gay activists, Gay liberation movement, Lesbians, Lesbian community, Women's bookstores, Women in community organization
Description
In this second interview Sue Henry, the owner of the Rising Moon Books & Beyond bookstore in Charlotte, North Carolina from 1991 to 1997, and the first out lesbian to run for Mayor of Charlotte in 1995, discusses the process of opening and operati...
Tonda Anne Taylor oral history interview 3, 2015 September 15
Title
Tonda Anne Taylor oral history interview 3, 2015 September 15
Creator
Taylor, Tonda, 1940-
Date Created
2015-09-15
Subjects--Topical
AIDS (Disease), Coming out (Sexual orientation), Lesbian community, Gestalt therapy
Description
In this third of four interviews, Tonda Taylor, long-time activist for LGBTQ rights and founder of Time Out Youth in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her fraught relationship with her parents, her time spent living in New York City, and the trag...